Motorcycle Superstore | Bagger Project & The Art of Custom

Motorcycle-Superstore and Mark Daley of ThunderStruck Custom Bikes teamed up to build a custom bagger off a stock 2012 Road Glide that any guy could build, and do so with a particular vision in mind.

To build a bike that had character and a motif that followed from front to rear. With of course, all the resources of Motorcycle-Superstore. We appreciate the call out that not all of us have such resources or means and can also revere the art that is customizing these machines. It’s an elementary task to slap on a bunch of expensive shiny bells and whistles, but considerably more challenging to do so in one fell swoop with an original theme throughout.

Custom is custom for a reason. It’s unique to the individual who sought out putting imagination into action. We see some bikes and are in awe, we see others and can’t help but quietly cringe. Some create as much controversy as Gustave Courbet’s painting, The Origin of the World and others seek to be more flagrant than Dennis Rodman when he married himself (note: it’s advisable you do not look this painting up on a work machine).

Either way, we’re not here to judge. If it rides and it’s on two wheels, cool.

To the build, courtesy of Motorcycle USA:

– Stock heads switched out for an S&S Cycle 106″ Big Bore kit for a little bump in displacement

– A custom Thunderstruck Air Intake and set of Kerker 2:1 Supermegs for back pressure